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Author:: Rathbun, Andrew Paul
Title:: AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF FRICTIONAL AND HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES OF SHEAR ZONES, WITH APPLICATION TO EARTHQUAKE FAULTS AND GLACIAL TILL
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: Shear
Localization
Earthquakes
Friction
File:: Download ThesisFinal.pdf
Committee Members:: Chris Marone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Chris Marone, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard B Alley, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member

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Author:: LeVay, Brian James
Title:: Pre-anatectic and anatectic processes in an eclogite from the Erzgebirge, Southeastern Germany: Implications for arc magmatism
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: eclogite
anatexis
melting
migmatite
Erzgebirge
Saidenbach
adakite
File:: Download Thesis_BLeVay_714U.pdf
Committee Members:: Maureen Feineman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Maureen Feineman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derrill Maylon Kerrick, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

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Author:: Moret, Geoffrey John Maxted
Title:: ANNUAL VARIATIONS IN GROUND-WATER TEMPERATURE AS A TRACER OF RIVER-AQUIFER INTERACTIONS
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: hydrogeology
temperature
File:: Download moretdissertationrevised.pdf
Committee Members:: Richard Rudolph Parizek, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member
Kamini Singha, Committee Member

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Author:: Long, Hui
Title:: INTERPRETING PORE PRESSURE IN MARINE MUDSTONES WITH PORE PRESSURE PENTROMETERS, IN SITU DATA, AND LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS
Graduate Program:: Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering
Keywords:: Overpressure
mudstones
penetrometer
IODP
consolidation
permeability
compression index
URSA
File:: Download Long_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Peter B Flemings, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Abraham S Grader, Committee Member
Chris J Marone, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member
John T Germaine, Committee Member

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Author:: Faoro, Igor
Title:: CONTROL OF THE PERMEABILITY OF FRACTURES IN GEOTHERMAL ROCKS
Graduate Program:: Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering
Keywords:: TCHM properties of fractures
permeability
File:: Download Igor_Faoro_thesis_PhD.pdf
Committee Members:: Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chris Marone, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member

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Author:: Samuelson, Jon Erik
Title:: LABORATORY MEASUREMENT OF SHEAR INDUCED FAULT ZONE DILATANCY, AND NUMERICAL ESTIMATION OF ITS INFLUENCE ON FRICTION CONSTITUTIVE PARAMETERS IN QUASI-UNDRAINED SCENARIOS
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: friction
earthquake
dilatancy
fault zone
pore fluid pressure
File:: Download Jon_Samuelson_PhD_Thesis_Combined_2.0.pdf
Committee Members:: Chris Marone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris Marone, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member
Kamini Singha, Committee Member

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Author:: Taron, Joshua
Title:: Geophysical and Geochemical Analyses of Flow and Deformation in Fractured Rock
Graduate Program:: Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering
Keywords:: permeability
rock fracture
fractured reservoir simulation
geothermal
volcanic dome
chemical creep
File:: Download Taron_PhD_Thesis_December_2009.pdf
Committee Members:: Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James David Kubicki, Committee Member
Chris Marone, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member
Barry Voight, Committee Member

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Author:: Pone, Jean Denis Nda'si
Title:: CARBON DIOXIDE SEQUESTRATION IN COAL: CHARACTERIZATION OF MATRIX DEFORMATION, SORPTION CAPACITY AND DYNAMIC PERMEABILITY AT IN-SITU STRESS CONDITIONS
Graduate Program:: Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering
Keywords:: carbon dioxide sorption capacity in coal
coalbed methane
Sequestration
coal permeability
stress
File:: Download DPone_PSU_thesis_2009.pdf
Committee Members:: Jonathan P Mathews, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan P Mathews, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Phillip Michael Halleck, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member

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Author:: Ikari, Matt
Title:: Compositional, mechanical, and hydrologic controls on fault slip behavior
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: faults
friction
earthquakes
clay minerals
permeability
subduction zones
File:: Download ikari_Phd_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Demian Saffer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris Marone, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Demian Saffer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eliza Richardson, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Andre Niemeijer, Committee Member

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Author:: Fulton, Patrick Michael
Title:: INVESTIGATIONS OF FLUID FLOW AND HEAT TRANSPORT RELATED TO THE STRENGTH OF THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: fault strength
overpressure
fluid pressure
heat flow
San Andreas Fault
fluid flow
heat trnasport
File:: Download FultonFinal.pdf
Committee Members:: Demian Saffer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chris J Marone, Committee Member
Kamini Singha, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Barbara A Bekins, Committee Member

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